The Help2011
Genre: Drama
The Help is a 2009 novel by American author Kathryn Stockett. The story is about African Americans working in white households in Jackson, Mississippi, during the early 1960s.
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Aibileen Clark:
I was born 1911, Chicksaw County, Piedmont Plantation.
Woman:
And did you know as a girl growing up that one day you'd be a maid?
Aibileen Clark:
Yes ma'am, I did.
Woman:
And you knew that because...
Aibileen Clark:
My mama was a maid. My grandmama was a house slave.
Woman:
[whispering as she writes down] "house slave..." Did you ever dream of being something else?
Aibileen Clark:
[nods yes]
Woman:
What does it feel like to raise a white child when your own child's at home being looked after by somebody else?
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